Calgary Eyeopener

On today's show: we hear about conditions at a major meat packing plant in Southern Alberta during the COVID-19 pandemic; we hear about a new study to test out hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 that's happening here in Calgary; we get some weather predictions from Dave Phillips that will be sure to cheer you up; how to keep a sense of humour during a pandemic.

On today's show: we hear why all Calgarians are now eligible for a COVID-19 test; Wuhan, the place where COVID-19 started, is slowly returning to normal. We speak with a Calgarian born in Wuhan about what she's hearing from her family in the area; will driving less mean lower monthly car insurance payments? We find out; don’t sweat the small stuff! Wellbeing expert Jennifer Moss shares some advice on just "letting it go".

On today's show: what the projected number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta means in the short term and the long run; we find out about clinical trials happening in Canada for an experimental COVID-19 treatment; our business commentator Deborah Yedlin on Premier Kenney's dire predictions for the future; B.C. politicians are asking to close the border with Alberta to keep people out; we learn about changes the city has made to waste and recycling pickup in Calgary.

On today's show: we speak with an emergency room nurse who's borrowed an RV in order to keep her family safe; a plea for help from Canada's oil and gas industry; Canada's top doctor now says non-medical grade masks can help stop the spread of COVID-19. Our house doctor, Raj Bhardwaj, tells us what's driving the change about face masks in public; our food guide Julie van Rosendaal excavates the back of the cupboard and finds out what's still edible.

On today's show: city council meets today to discuss how it could help struggling businesses in this city. We talk to Mayor Nenshi about the options on the table; we talk to a journalist in Sweden about why that country is taking such a relaxed approach to COVID-19; we hear how a longtime Banff restaurant is feeding local seniors; the Eyeopener’s “Ovid of Covid" Allan Monk joins us for our weekly dose of poetry.

On today's show: we speak with the Calgary woman training hundreds of med students how to trace where every COVID-19 patient caught the virus; we talk to a bio-statistician who’s trying to predict when the coronavirus in Alberta will end; we talk to a Calgary trucker about what it's like on the highways with almost nowhere to stop; we talk to the organizer behind a project called Birthday Train YYC; in sickness and in health and now, in COVID. We speak with someone from the Vanier Institute of the Family on how relationships are doing during the pandemic.

On today's show: we hear from a woman recently laid off in Okotoks and get some advice for her and others in the same position; public health lawyer and medical myth-buster Tim Caulfield talks about the misinformation swirling around during the pandemic; we speak to a retired Alberta doctor who has volunteered to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic; we tell you more about all the cool stuff you can do with the library from the comfort of your own home.

On today's show: we talk to the head of the Alberta Residential Landlord Association about how landlords are handling compassionate new rules for renters during the pandemic; a virus that doesn't discriminate by age. We speak with one of the friends of Shawn Auger, the youngest Albertan to die of COVID-19; it's been a hard run so far through this pandemic, but we ask our Unconventional Panel what good has come out of it; we talk to a Calgary woman who is going to try to grow a garden with seeds dating back to the 1930s.

On today's show: we get reaction to TC Energy giving the go-ahead for construction of its Keystone XL pipeline project; thirty-six residents and five staff now presumed to have or confirmed to have COVID-19 inside a Calgary longterm care facility. We speak to the chief medical officer for Revera, which runs the McKenzie Towne Care Centre; we hear about Alberta’s new Rapid Tests for the COVID-19 virus; we tell you more about how the University of Calgary's rowing team is lending a hand during the pandemic.

On today's show: we talk to a woman whose mother lives in a Calgary seniors' home where more than a dozen people have tested positive for COVID-19; Mayor Nenshi on the city’s response to the pandemic; if living in tight quarters is getting you down, we have some advice from someone who was trained to do just that - Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk; we speak with the Calgary Police about a local bird celeb on the move.